road trips

18 Hours in Vegas. This week's Sunday Best post is a day late, but I promise it was for a good reason: I was in Las Vegas! One of the S.O.'s besties was in town for ConExpo, so we decided to make the road trip down for a night. After a 9-hour drive through Gilroy, Kettleman City, Bakersfield, and the northern border of the Mojave Desert, we arrived around 7:30pm on Saturday evening. We met up at El Segundo Sol at Fashion Show Mall for some sangria and cervezas before walking down the strip to check out the famous founta[...]

It's the mooost wonderful time of the year. Super Bowl, that is. I'm a little glad my team isn't in the playoffs this year, so I don't have to get emotionally invested—especially in last-minute, mind-boggling, game-losing plays (Why, Seahawks, why?!). I'm currently in Panorama, but should make it back in time to catch the big game with bae. My money's on the Panthers, but I also wouldn't mind seeing Manning walk away with the trophy during what could be his "last rodeo." As long as I never have to relive the wors[...]

Okay, so $0 spent was an exaggeration for dramatic effect—I paid for gas. But compared to what most people spend on their biggest or best trip, I hardly shelled out at all. I didn't have to pay for flights, accommodation, or even food. Here's where the story begins: I met a guy a long time ago, an artist who was basically couch surfing and happened to meet one of my best friends. I went over one night and met this real-life Tim Burton character, who rolled out a giant 8 x 8 piece of canvas he was working on, casu[...]